menu-command macro recorder utility for FM?

2012-11-29 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
AutiIt comes with a few utilities. One of them does record macros. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 28-Nov-12 11:14 PM, Pat Christenson wrote: > I can second this. I used AutoIT to automate tasks and it is very easy to > learn! Not quite as simple as a macro recorder but not a nightmare.

Ann: Finalyser 2013 - the collection of Plug-Ins and ExtendScripts for free (Anniversary)

2012-11-29 Thread Georg Eck
Did you work with Adobe FrameMaker 10 or with Adobe TechSuite 3.5 and now you work with Adobe FrameMaker 11 or with Adobe TS4? YES? Then your Upgrade! Is for FREE. Finalyser 2013 is new compiled for FrameMaker 10+11 TCS3.5 and TS4 - that's save your money. NEW: TERM CHECK NEW: More 3D functiona

What is a "PI marker" or "programming instruction marker"

2012-11-29 Thread David Artman
Thanks for replying, Jeremy--I did not expect such support, given I'm trying to save every penny for the client and using the free version. If it is any consolation, you've given me sufficient ammo to get them to crack loose on MIF2Go. ;) [By way of some background: We're in an odd spot where we'

Confluence 4 export: the one feature that would justify my upgrading from FM10

2012-11-29 Thread Ben Allums
On 11/21/2012 9:59 AM, Jim Owens wrote: > It seems Confluence 3.x and earlier used Confluence Wiki Markup format > for their pages. Beginning with 4.0, Atlassian changed to the more > expressive Confluence Storage Format. Unfortunately, for importing, they > didn't add support for the new format.

greenfield and new structure

2012-11-29 Thread Writer
Congrats on the new job, John. Being the master of your own documentation is pretty awesome, eh? >I would love to find some EDDs for basic DITA-compliant user manuals, and I'd >love some war stories about getting Structured, tales of heroism and tragedy, >etc. Please feel free to reply to me di

greenfield and new structure

2012-11-29 Thread Writer
>T hanks Nadine! > Yes, the existing product documentation was authored in oxygen in India. I > don't have good access to those resources, but I have the DITA files. I have > to make them look presentable, and then improve the quality of the writing, > fill > in gaps, etc. > So I have no lega

What is a "PI marker" or "programming instruction marker"

2012-11-29 Thread Writer
> [By way of some background: We're in an odd spot where we're between > budgets AND about to shift to 'native' DITA using oXygen; so they're > trying hard not to invest further in Frame-specific products. But this > requirement for Help (in am month!) is gonna mean one last tool goes in > that bo

What is a "PI marker" or "programming instruction marker"

2012-11-29 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:38:57 -0800, Robert Lauriston wrote: >An HTML Help alias file should have an .h extension. .hha does not >ring a bell. An HTML Help project has .hhc (TOC), .hhk, (index), and >.hhp (project) files, but not .hha that I know of. For HTML Help CSH, two additional files are r

What is a "PI marker" or "programming instruction marker"

2012-11-29 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:24:13 -0800 (PST), Writer wrote: >> [By way of some background: We're in an odd spot where we're between >> budgets AND about to shift to 'native' DITA using oXygen; so they're >> trying hard not to invest further in Frame-specific products. But this >> requirement for Help

What is a "PI marker" or "programming instruction marker"

2012-11-29 Thread Writer
>> Can't you output to CHM using oXygen? > > Sure, in the same sense that you can create > a large Web site using only Notepad.? ;-) So...um...like...are you saying that I'm doin' it rong? > I'd say if someone has a looming deadline, > that is **not** the time to start learning > how to custom

greenfield and new structure

2012-11-29 Thread Gillian Flato
framers/attachments/20121129/d1f83b64/attachment.html>

TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

2012-11-29 Thread John Sgammato
ww.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as john.sgammato at actifio.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/john.sgammato%40actifio.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20121129/49b0f2e8/attachment.html>

Confluence 4 export: the one feature that would justify my upgrading from FM10

2012-11-29 Thread Robert Lauriston
Atlassian eventually documented the storage format: https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF43/Confluence+Storage+Format Currently, the main limitation of the storage format is that there are no tools for exporting or importing it, only a couple of APIs someone could use to write such tools.

greenfield and new structure

2012-11-29 Thread Robert Lauriston
What other tools did you consider? If I had carte blanche, I'd probably use Confluence or MindTouch TCS. Have you done DITA with FrameMaker before? On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 6:25 PM, John Sgammato wrote: > > I just started a new job at a software startup. I have basically a carte > blanche to bui

FrameMaker -> online help solution

2012-11-29 Thread Robert Lauriston
I don't see anywhere in RoboHelp 9 where I could map FrameMaker markers to page breaks. The only reference to FM markers I can find is in the FrameMaker Conversion Settings dialog, where you can define the CSH marker type (default is TopicAlias). I find RoboHelp problematic in too many ways to re

greenfield and new structure

2012-11-29 Thread John Sgammato
Thanks Nadine! Yes, the existing product documentation was authored in oxygen in India. I don't have good access to those resources, but I have the DITA files. I have to make them look presentable, and then improve the quality of the writing, fill in gaps, etc. So I have no legacy FM content, o

greenfield and new structure

2012-11-29 Thread John Sgammato
I made great progress today. I was able to open the DITA files and get them pretty consistent with new master pages, etc. I see two issues right now that I cannot figure out: * I want to get rid of many, many paragraph formats that I won't need, but I don't know if it is safe to do that, or if

Re: menu-command macro recorder utility for FM?

2012-11-29 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
AutiIt comes with a few utilities. One of them does record macros. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 28-Nov-12 11:14 PM, Pat Christenson wrote: I can second this. I used AutoIT to automate tasks and it is very easy to learn! Not quite as simple as a macro recorder but not a nightmare. P

Ann: Finalyser 2013 - the collection of Plug-Ins and ExtendScripts for free (Anniversary)

2012-11-29 Thread Georg Eck
Did you work with Adobe FrameMaker 10 or with Adobe TechSuite 3.5 and now you work with Adobe FrameMaker 11 or with Adobe TS4? YES? Then your Upgrade! Is for FREE. Finalyser 2013 is new compiled for FrameMaker 10+11 TCS3.5 and TS4 - that's save your money. NEW: TERM CHECK NEW: More 3D functiona

Re: What is a "PI marker" or "programming instruction marker"

2012-11-29 Thread Robert Lauriston
An HTML Help alias file should have an .h extension. .hha does not ring a bell. An HTML Help project has .hhc (TOC), .hhk, (index), and .hhp (project) files, but not .hha that I know of. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828419 ___ You are currently subs

Re: FrameMaker -> online help solution

2012-11-29 Thread Robert Lauriston
I'm curious about that as well.Never heard of such a thing. MIF2Go is much cheaper than ePublisher but I have no idea if either supports page-break markers. On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Writer wrote: > Are you not breaking pages at headings? Do you have some other approach to > page breaks?

RE: FrameMaker -> online help solution

2012-11-29 Thread Gillian Flato
In RoboHelp, it's easy to tell it where to break pages. In TCS (where RH and Frame are integrated), you can even put the breaks in the Frame pages and RH parses them from Frame. -Gillian From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lynn

greenfield and new structure

2012-11-29 Thread John Sgammato
I just started a new job at a software startup. I have basically a *carte blanche* to build an awesome doc system. The existing doc is mostly in DITA xml, but not yet in FM. I have TCS4 and DITA-FMx. I plan to go Structured. First deliverables will be PDFs, but I have flexibility after that. I woul

Re: TCS 4 as DITA out-of-the-box solution

2012-11-29 Thread Liz Fraley
FYI Both Scott Prentice and Maxwell Hoffman will be hosting a workshop at the upcoming TC Camp in January. Want to get a first hand look at these two conversation threads in a workshop setting? Come to TC Camp: http://www.tccamp.org Liz On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Gillian Flato wrote: > Th

RE: What is a "PI marker" or "programming instruction marker"

2012-11-29 Thread David Artman
Thanks for replying, Jeremy--I did not expect such support, given I'm trying to save every penny for the client and using the free version. If it is any consolation, you've given me sufficient ammo to get them to crack loose on MIF2Go. ;) [By way of some background: We're in an odd spot where we'

Re: Confluence 4 export: the one feature that would justify my upgrading from FM10

2012-11-29 Thread Ben Allums
On 11/21/2012 9:59 AM, Jim Owens wrote: It seems Confluence 3.x and earlier used Confluence Wiki Markup format for their pages. Beginning with 4.0, Atlassian changed to the more expressive Confluence Storage Format. Unfortunately, for importing, they didn't add support for the new format. So: -

Re: greenfield and new structure

2012-11-29 Thread Writer
Congrats on the new job, John. Being the master of your own documentation is pretty awesome, eh? >I would love to find some EDDs for basic DITA-compliant user manuals, and I'd >love some war stories about getting Structured, tales of heroism and tragedy, >etc. Please feel free to reply to me di

Re: greenfield and new structure

2012-11-29 Thread Writer
>T hanks Nadine! > Yes, the existing product documentation was authored in oxygen in India. I > don't have good access to those resources, but I have the DITA files. I have > to make them look presentable, and then improve the quality of the writing, > fill > in gaps, etc. > So I have no lega

Re: What is a "PI marker" or "programming instruction marker"

2012-11-29 Thread Writer
> [By way of some background: We're in an odd spot where we're between > budgets AND about to shift to 'native' DITA using oXygen; so they're > trying hard not to invest further in Frame-specific products. But this > requirement for Help (in am month!) is gonna mean one last tool goes in > that bo

Re: What is a "PI marker" or "programming instruction marker"

2012-11-29 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:38:57 -0800, Robert Lauriston wrote: >An HTML Help alias file should have an .h extension. .hha does not >ring a bell. An HTML Help project has .hhc (TOC), .hhk, (index), and >.hhp (project) files, but not .hha that I know of. For HTML Help CSH, two additional files are r

Re: What is a "PI marker" or "programming instruction marker"

2012-11-29 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:24:13 -0800 (PST), Writer wrote: >> [By way of some background: We're in an odd spot where we're between >> budgets AND about to shift to 'native' DITA using oXygen; so they're >> trying hard not to invest further in Frame-specific products. But this >> requirement for Help

Re: What is a "PI marker" or "programming instruction marker"

2012-11-29 Thread Writer
>> Can't you output to CHM using oXygen? > > Sure, in the same sense that you can create > a large Web site using only Notepad.  ;-) So...um...like...are you saying that I'm doin' it rong? > I'd say if someone has a looming deadline, > that is **not** the time to start learning > how to custom